Holy Week

In Holy Week, we encounter a God who moves ever closer to us, even in our brokenness and shame. Yet what lies before us is a question: will we return to the Lord? This year, through repentance and renewal, let us be ready to greet the Lord at his Resurrection.

This plan is an excerpt from Dwell's Lenten devotional, "Return," available in its entirety within the Dwell Bible App.

Dwell | Holy Week and Easter

In Matthew 26-28, we read in detail about Jesus' suffering, death and resurrection. This reading plan will help you go step by step through this impressive story and discover how these events have great meaning for you as well.

The Death and Resurrection of the King

When we focus on the final week in the life of Jesus, we see the undeniable love He has for us!  In this 4-part Easter study, you will walk through the days leading up to the Resurrection of Christ and discover amazing truths about Christ’s love for us. 

The Heart of Easter

After being mocked and tortured on the cross, Jesus spoke his final words and took his last breath, fulfilling the purpose and promise of His Father. These final words continue to live on. But why do the matter? How does it affect your everyday life? This Easter, journey through each of Jesus' seven statements spoken from the cross and meditate on what they reveal about who our Savior is—who died and uttered His last words specifically for you.

Messiah’s Last Words: Easter Reflections

Journey through Holy Week and experience Jesus' final week on earth. This day-by-day guide follows Jesus’ footsteps from Palm Sunday to Easter. Each day Kris Langham walks you through the Word with background and insight to bring the story to life. Explore this climactic moment in history for yourself, and grow together with others through the discussion questions provided for group reflection.

Step into the story of Holy Week and walk alongside Jesus from Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday. This powerful journey is the heartbeat of our faith - marked by deep sorrow yet overflowing with hope. Through this immersive and reflective devotional, let’s reclaim Easter and experience the triumph, sacrifice and ultimate victory that changed everything.

Passion Week, or "Holy Week," is the most pivotal week in human history. The gospel writers spend one third of the gospels detailing the last moments of Jesus' life. In the following days, you will read the narrative of Passion Week as it's told by gospel writers. Then you'll read reflections about the narrative. These reflections will help you process the narrative and think about what it means for you.


Passion: The Last Moments of Jesus' Life

Come along with Anne Wilson as she explores the meaning of The Cross and the days of Passion Week leading up to the Crucifixion and Resurrection. Let The Cross minister to your soul as she highlights Scriptures that inspired the lyrics of her song and unpacks the truth of Jesus' love during this 5-day study where she meditates on how the love and blood of Christ canceled our sin debt.

Come Home to the Cross by Anne Wilson

The events surrounding the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ changed the course of history. Jesus offered redemption so we would never be eternally separated from God our Father. Jesus’ sacrificial death provided for all mankind’s needs — including the forgiveness of sins, healing, eternal life, and much more! This plan dives into the details of what really happened when Jesus triumphed over death, hell, and the grave!


The Defining Moments of Christ's Passion

As we walk towards Holy Week, let us draw nearer to the true King, receiving Jesus on His terms and embracing the peace and salvation He offers. Let’s prepare our hearts to receive all God has for us as we study the steps that led up to and included the cross.

Easter: A Walk Towards Holy Week (10 Day Plan)

He is risen! He is risen indeed! We celebrate the resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. In Matthew 28:5-7, we find the angel’s message to the women who came to Jesus’ tomb. Over seven days, we will  reflect on how they speak to us today, and draw us closer to our resurrected Savior.

Jesus Is Risen

Jesus is not dead--He is risen! The ultimate hope of Christianity lies in the resurrection; here are readings reflecting on that hope and welcoming the resurrection into our everyday lives.

Risen: Readings for Easter

Easter is more than a historical event—it is the great exchange, the ultimate revelation of God’s love and grace through the death and resurrection of Jesus. Through this plan, take time to reflect on the depth of Christ’s love and what it truly means to walk in the fullness of his salvation in our daily lives.

The Great Exchange

Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of Jesus on Easter. Join Shawn Craig (of Phillips Craig and Dean) and Josiah Serra as we prepare for Resurrection Sunday by reading Mark's gospel. Whether you are new to faith or a long-term Christian, we need good news! 

40 DAYS in the GOSPEL 

The bustling streets of Jerusalem, palm branches waving as a man rides upon a donkey. A final, intimate meal with friends. The heartbreaking betrayal and the gravity of a trial. Stand in silent awe at the foot of the cross, and finally, rejoice in the triumph of the empty tomb. 

Follow along as we medidate on Jesus' sacrifice and the profound hope of His resurrection.

Whom Do You Seek - Easter

In the second week of Lent, we’ll see how God met the needs of his people in the Bible - whether through manna in the wilderness, provision in scarcity, or strength in weakness. As we reflect on these stories, we’ll be challenged to trust that he is faithful to provide everything we truly need as we focus our attention back on him.

📖 This is part 2 of a 6-part Bible Reading Plan series! Part 1 is "Lent Week 1: Turning Back to God"

Lent | Week 2: Trusting God for What You Need

Fasting is more than a physical act. When done biblically and with the proper heart posture, a fast can “fast forward” you into healing, breakthrough, deliverance, freedom, and answered prayer. Join Pastor Mike Signorelli in this 14-day reading plan and discover how to completely transform your relationship with God through prayer and fasting!

Fast Forward

"Our Hearts Burn Within Us" explores the final week of Jesus’ pre-resurrection life as seen in the Gospel of Luke. This 8-day devotional starts on Palm Sunday and ends on Resurrection Sunday. Join Regent University School of Divinity faculty as our hearts - just as the disciples on the Emmaus Road experienced - burn within us! 

Our Hearts Burn Within Us

Journey with Jesus through the final days of his life, from his triumphant entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday to his burial in Joseph's tomb on Holy Saturday. Each day explores a different theme of Holy Week: Palm Sunday, Holy Monday, Holy Tuesday, Spy Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Silent Saturday.

Holy Week: Journey With Jesus

Easter is central to our faith. In this 8-day plan, journey through Scripture and reflections that bring you closer to Jesus—His sacrifice, victory, and love. Take time to reflect on His story and how it shapes your life today. Let these readings deepen your faith, renew your hope, and remind you of God’s incredible love as you draw nearer to Jesus and embrace the power of His resurrection.

KNOW JESUS, KNOW HIS STORY: 8-Day Easter Reading Plan

This Easter, we are looking at everything Jesus said on the cross leading up to His last words. What do they tell us about who He is and what He did for us?

Messiah's Last Words

Jared Brock, award-winning biographer and author of A God Named Josh, takes the account of Jesus’s crucifixion and deftly explores the history, science, theology, and philosophy of Christ’s voluntary sacrifice. In this 6-day plan, you will truly understand how monumental this act of unconditional love was to humanity.

The Crucifixion of Jesus: A Six-Day Meditation on Christ’s Ultimate Sacrifice

Lent is an opportunity to pause, reflect, and turn your heart fully toward God. It’s a 40-day period leading up to Easter spent reflecting on Jesus' journey to the cross and preparing our hearts for the celebration of his resurrection. Ultimately, Lent begins with an invitation from God: Return to me. Spend this Lenten season diving into our 6-part Bible Reading Plan designed to help you set aside distractions and refocus on how God is moving in your life. 

Lent | Week 1: Turning Back to God

Holy Week is the days leading up to the celebration of Easter. Our hope for this daily prayer during Holy Week is to take intentional time to reflect on all that Jesus has done for us, to help us grow in the discipline and rhythm of prayer, and to grow in understanding of why it matters and what it means to pray.

Holy Week - a Guide to Prayer

Lent & Easter

Since the Fall, humanity’s story has been saddled with sorrow. Yet at the end of the Book, we’re told that love will triumph.

Fall and Redemption

Advent is a church tradition to help believers across the globe prepare their hearts for the arrival of Jesus. Over four weeks, we’ll look at themes of hope, peace, joy, and love in the biblical narrative leading up to Jesus’ birth, and how these themes can be applied to our Christmas season this year.

Advent: A 25-Day Countdown to Christmas

What if this Christmas, we were to remember the miracles that Jesus performed in the lives of those who came to Him? This Advent season, I pray you enjoy these 25 compelling stories based on the New Testament characters from The Chosen series. May their diverse, powerful testimonies inspire you to experience and become a miracle of God for others! Are you ready? You are a Miracle! Christian Misch

Chosen to Be a Miracle! Advent Plan Based on “The Chosen"

No trips on donkeys. No angels singing. Not even a baby in a manger. Yet, there are still 25 gifts God wants to give you for Christmas. We can find them in a little, six-chapter book halfway through the New Testament. These are The Greatest Gifts, as revealed in Ephesians. Along the way, you'll find the gift of love, the gift of salvation, the gift of unity, and many more. Prepare your heart in a special way this Christmas season by receiving, and giving, God's greatest gifts.

The Greatest Gifts

In all the holiday hustle and bustle, it can be easy to lose sight of why we’re celebrating. In this 5-day advent plan, we’ll dive into the promises fulfilled by the birth of Jesus and the hope we have for the future. As we learn more about who God is, we’ll discover how to live through the holiday season with hope, faith, joy, and peace.

Living Changed: At Christmas

In this special 10-day devotional, we'll look at the story of Christmas, starting back in Genesis 1 leading all the way to the birth of Jesus. Together, we'll see how through of all history, God was moving the pieces into place to bring His plan of redemption to fruition. 

Christmas: The Lord Has Come

Seven hundred years before Christ was born, Isaiah prophesied the Messiah would be called a Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, and Prince of Peace. Only in the divine foreknowledge of God could all of these titles be perfectly fulfilled in the person and work of Jesus Christ. This Advent, be awed and amazed at the Wonderful Counselor who’s a wonder of a counselor. Oh, come, let us adore him! 


He Shall Be Called

This Advent, spend time in the opening verses of John’s Gospel reflecting on what these verses reveal to us about who Jesus is. 

Who Is Jesus?

One Baby For The World takes you on an unforgettable Advent journey seen through the eyes of missions. Author Shari Tvrdik offers a unique perspective through Advent. She connects the powerful story of the nativity to her experiences with life among the suffering poor of Mongolia's ger district. Adapted from the book, One Baby For The World.


One Baby for the World: 24 Days of Advent From a Missions Perspective 

All is Calm, All is Bright focuses on the Prince of Peace and celebrates the Light of the World.  Short devotionals take you from the Old Testament longing for the Messiah through the fulfillment of God's promise in the story of Jesus' birth found in the gospels. Each day's reading brings you one step nearer the heart of Christmas: Immanuel, God with us. 

All Is Calm All Is Bright

To help prepare our hearts for the Christmas season, you can start December 1st and spend the next twenty-four days journeying through the Gospel of Luke together. Each day, you will read a chapter, reflect on devotional materials written by members of the Beijing International Christian community, answer questions relevant to your life, and spend time in prayer.

We hope this devotional reminds you of the true reason we celebrate Christmas and becomes something you can share with family, friends, or co-workers as you gather to study God’s Word together.

Advent Devotional: The Gospel of Luke

Exploring the four angelic appearances found in the Christmas story and what they can teach us about our own call this Advent season.

Angels We Have Heard on High

Do you feel like you're sitting in a waiting room waiting for a door to open? All of us are going to end up in a waiting room at some point. The problem is very few of us wait well. After all, waiting can make us feel powerless or even hopeless. However, the Advent season reminds us that God does some of His best work in the waiting room. Learn how to wait with God today!

The Waiting Room

Celebrating Christmas is a tradition many of us look forward to all year. We play music, decorate trees, and throw parties all through December. This Advent reading plan aims to help in those celebrations by exploring the themes of the Christmas story. This plan can be read with friends or as a family (kids too!). Use the “Application Questions” for groups to center the conversation on Jesus. And, for families, use “Next Steps”, to find creative ways to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas. 

Advent: I Love Christmas

One of the things that is vital for us during the Christmas season is to make sure we really understand the impact of Jesus' coming, His advent in our lives. This devotional will help you to focus on God’s greatest gift of all, Jesus, and the true meaning of His birth for our present lives and for all eternity. Walk with us through this 14-Day Christmas Devotional and experience your best Christmas yet!

14 Days Christmas Devotional

Forgiveness is a big word, but what exactly does forgiveness mean? And what are the consequences if we don't forgive? And what is the difference between forgiving, pardoning and reconciling? This reading plan is structured like an Advent calendar: 24 “doors” and behind each one a little treasure awaits you about the incredible gift that Jesus gave you for Christmas.

Forgiveness and Reconciliation

The Greatest Gift will take you through the Christmas story in ten days, reminding you of the reason why you can have hope, joy, and peace in a world filled with turmoil and despair. 

The Greatest Gift

In a brand new devotional series titled, The Reason for the Season, Pastor Jim Cymbala provides fresh insight into the Christmas story. As he addresses the unspoken sadness that many carry at this time of the year, Pastor Jim Cymbala challenges us to think about what would mean the most to Jesus this holiday season.

The Reason for the Season

This Christmas season, let the Advent candles remind you of the hope, love, joy, and peace that are ours in Christ. Join author Lynn Austin as she reflects on the season of Advent in these devotionals and invites you to pray for those who need to come home to Him. 

Praying and Waiting for Christmas: A 7 Day Advent Devotional

The music we sing at Christmas helps us to remember the story of Jesus and fills our hearts with hope, peace, love, and joy. This 5-day plan will encourage your heart as you learn inspiring stories behind some of our most beloved Christmas songs, including O Holy Night, Joy to the World, and Silent Night.


Songs of Advent

With all that noise telling us what Christmas should be about, it can be difficult to get to the point—to the heart of Christmas. That’s why, in this devotional, we’ll work to cut through the noise and discover the real meaning behind the season. We’ll look at what brings real joy and purpose in this holiday. We’ll unpack the incredible story behind the birth of Jesus Himself to understand what the purpose of Christmas really is.

The Purpose of Christmas

Immanuel, Prince of Peace, The Humble Servant, Promised Messiah, Our Coming King – Jesus!

Join us in this 7-day series as we explore the uniqueness of Jesus’s character as revealed through the Christmas narrative. Let us give Him glory and praise this Christmas!

The Uniqueness of Jesus

Over the first 25 days of December, we will cover the genealogy of Christ, the characters of Christmas, the prophecies Jesus fulfilled, who Jesus is, and the Christmas story. 

The Christ of Christmas

Finding Freedom: At Christmas

Spark awe and recapture the wonder of Christ’s birth in this 4-day Plan. Join Bible teacher Jen Weaver and explore Isaiah’s ancient prophecies, revealing the beauty and majesty of Jesus nearly 700 years before His arrival. Let these timeless truths inspire worship in your heart and draw you closer to Christ.

In Awe of Jesus: Christmas Foretold in Isaiah

Advent

The goal of this track is to take you through 7 days of thankfulness. We want to help you explore different aspects of thankfulness and help make you aware of the need for being more thankful every single day.

7 Days of Thanksgiving

This plan is designed for you to engage with passages in God's Word that either express true thankfulness, or highlight stories of thankful people. May this plan encourage you to be thankful, and inspire you to give praise to God for all He has done!

A Plan Of Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving holiday is the perfect opportunity for your family to reflect on God’s abundant blessings and express your thankfulness to Him and to the people around you. Buck Denver & Friends bring a fun spin to your Thanksgiving week, with short devotionals for each day – Sunday through Thursday – to help you understand the history of the holiday, read verses that express gratitude to God, and reflect on what you are thankful for this time of year.  Each day includes a short video, verse and reflection.

Thanksgiving Family Reading Plan

Joyce Meyer believes that giving thanks to God daily will positively impact our lives. When we pause to acknowledge His blessings it restores  us to a state of spiritual peace. In this reading plan you'll find fourteen inspiring messages that will spark an attitude of gratitude in our hearts. Through uplifting Scripture, she illustrates God's never-ending love, inexhaustible grace, and always-accessible presence in our lives. As we develop a renewed outlook, we will better recognize and be further blessed by God's abundant goodness.

The Power Of Being Thankful

These Thanksgiving videos help us look back at the amazing things we can be thankful to God for, as well as look to him with eyes of faith for our future.

Giving Thanks

Gratitude turns what we have into enough. This four-day Bible Plan from Life.Church will help you discover a more grateful perspective. Start reading part two of the six-part Stay Positive series.

I'm Grateful

As God's children, we have much to be thankful for. This reading plan will help you think more deeply about who to thank for all good things--your God.

Think About Thank: Devotions From Time of Grace

Daily Bible Reading is designed to facilitate consistent interaction with Scripture. It includes background information on each day’s Scripture passage and key verse for meditation, reflection questions to help you dive deeper into Scripture, a prayer and prayer concern to help you connect to God and be of spiritual support to others. Journey with us this month as we explore the theme “God’s Word of Praise and Thanksgiving.”

Daily Bible Reading: November 2021, God’s Word of Praise and Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a way of life that Christ commands of his followers. This study will explore thanksgiving as the mode through which Christ defeats sin and preserves good through us. 

A Heart Full Of Thanksgiving

In this practical and powerful three-day devotional, you will learn how to believe God's promises and see them come to pass in your life through the power of being thankful for what He has already done for you. You will also learn how to experience three specific blessings that are released in your life when you practice thankfulness and gratitude.

The Most Powerful Words On Earth

As we enter into a season of thanksgiving may we find time to pray to God for His goodness. Having gratitude is good for our mental health and overall well-being. Join us for 5 days of prayer.

So Much to Be Thankful for 

The apostle Paul wrote that Christians are to be “abounding in thanksgiving.” But how can anyone achieve that in the face of life’s battles? In this plan, Alistair Begg teaches that there is but one lasting foundation for unwavering gratitude. Are you building upon it?

A Call to Thanksgiving

Giving thanks for God's good gifts seems like a natural choice for Christians. But there are many times in life when it is hard to be thankful - times of disappointment, grief, and spiritual drought. The book of Philippians guides us towards habits of thanksgiving that can last through our whole lives, despite our circumstances. This 15 day series invites you to develop these habits of a thankful heart.

Habits of a Thankful Heart

Bible Reading Plan to Celebrate Thanksgiving!  Thanksgiving Day is almost here! It all started in the 17th century among Christian families in the USA. They chose the fourth Thursday in November to thank God for his blessings on each and every day. Thanksgiving celebrations are spreading to other countries. Christians in general, families, churches and Christian organizations get together to thank God for his blessings. God’s Word teaches us and encourages us to be grateful. So, get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, and follow this Bible reading plan. May the Lord be with you along the way! 

Let's Be Thankful!

Prayer helps us find the words to ask for His blessings.  Meditation helps us remember to give thanks for He is the source of our blessings.  What are you most grateful for today?  This plan will help you stop and remember what you have and what you’ve been given.  Today is about remembering to express thanks.

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